RE-training

We sleep trained my 18 mo when he was about 14 months... we had been cosleeping but the baby got too dependent on nursing to fall asleep, so we trained him...

we used a modified version of the sleep lady shuffle (lying down next to the crib and shushing and patting, then slowly backing away every couple nights until we were out of the room).

All was going well until LO started teething with molars. I started the (bad) habit of taking him out of the crib to nurse him (mainly for comfort as that seemed to him down). Sometimes he would go back down in his crib, and sometimes he'd throw a fit. Because I have to get up at 6 for work, I started just bringing him to bed for the last couple hours every morning. NOW he wakes up every morning (usually at 4 but sometimes at 3 or even 2) crying and I bring him to bed. I think being inconsistent has totally screwed him up! :/

This HAS to stop as I am tired of spending my last precious hours of sleep with a baby who needs to stay latched on to sleep (which is how he was before we sleep trianed him). At this point, I don't need to do any gentle methods... i think I'm ok with just letting him CIO. We live with my mother in law and she is out of town for a couple weeks, so now's the time! I'm just a little terrified of going through the torture of sleep training again and I'm wondering if there's anyone else out there that had to retrain... advice... tips..? Anything?

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I think its best to just let him cry for ten min, then pick him up and calm him down, no nursing, and then put him down, repeat as necessary but spacing it out. As far as mid night goes i'd let him cry for a few and then pick him up, but don't lay down with him, eventually he will get the picture